胡散臭い

うさんくさい
suspicious looking
shady

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うさんくさい【胡散臭い】

suspicious(-looking); suspicious-sounding; questionable; dubious; 《口》 shady; fishy.

●うさんくさい男 a suspicious-looking man; a shady [dubious] character

・うさんくさいもうけ話 a suspicious-sounding get-rich-quick proposal

・うさんくさそうに人を見る look suspiciously at sb

・うさんくさい行動をとる act [behave] suspiciously.

●サングラスをかけ, 黒いスーツを着たうさんくさそうな男が, 電信柱の陰からこっちを見ていた. A suspicious-looking man in a black suit and sunglasses was watching me from behind a telephone pole.

胡散臭さ suspiciousness.

●その話にはどうしてもうさんくささがつきまとう. There's something suspicious [《口》 fishy] about what he's saying.

・一般市民は政治家の公約にうさんくささをかぎ取る. Ordinary citizens smell something fishy in politicians' promises.